Crock pottery

[ksmith]

So two months ago, I ordered a Cuisinart slow cooker from ikitchen.com. I knew they were slow. I had already cancelled one order from them because a month had passed with no delivery--come to think, it was another slow cooker. But they answered emails, their prices were lower than average, and the model I first ordered was very popular and thus likely to be OOS. So I gave them another chance, and placed another order a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving.

Two months later, I finally gave up and cancelled it. I did receive part of the order a couple of days before Christmas, but no slow cooker. Finally, after a couple of more rounds of emailing, I gave up. Still bound and determined to shop online, I ordered this slow cooker from Overstock.com. It's a little bigger than I'd like, but it's attractive and programmable and shipping was only $1. Yes, I did find this same crockpot for $35 elsewhere, but shipping was $20. Funny how those low low prices can be wiped out by the shipping charges.

But after all this, I'm afraid ikitchen.com has lost a customer. Yes, they state on their website that products can take a while to arrive, but two months for a crockpot is a little ridiculous.

Comments

[e-moon60.livejournal.com]

You are allowed to add salt to the bowl, you know. I often make soup with very little salt, because I'm going to reduce it and don't want it to be too salty, and then add salt in the bowl.

As mentioned below, diced tomatatoes & chilis help soups a lot, esp. bland ones. Rotel now makes a diced tomatoes & chilis with cilantro and lime juice that is really a zinger in soups.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

I'm so leery of adding salt, which is dumb because sometimes you do need it. And I have begun keeping a stock of Rotel in the cupboard, because they do come in handy.

Maybe it was the fact that I used a turkey breast/carcass instead of chicken. Chicken has more flavor.